March 2022
Did you miss the Colorado Medical Society's Colorado Option webinar?

The latest Virtual Grand Rounds webinar by the Colorado Medical Society delved into the Colorado Option and how it will affect physicians and practices this year and beyond. We welcomed Kyla Hoskins, MPH, and Kyle Brown, PhD, from the Division of Insurance, and CMS outside counsel John Conklin, for an in-depth discussion and lively Q&A.
This program is a benefit for CMS member physicians and their staff members. We ask that you not forward this recording to others.
Federal CMS re-opens MIPS application period

Acknowledging the impact of the Omicron surge of COVID-19 on physicians and administrative staff, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has applied the MIPS automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy to all individual MIPS eligible clinicians for performance year 2021. The agency also re-opened 2021 MIPS EUC application to allow groups, virtual groups and APM entities to submit an application requesting MIPS performance category re-weighting due to the ongoing public health emergency. These applications can be submitted until Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Physicians who do not submit any MIPS data for the 2021 MIPS program will automatically avoid a 2023 penalty. If a physician, practice or physician/practice part of an APM is unsure of their status, the American Medical Association encourages you to submit an application to avoid a penalty. Link to more information.
Webinars from the AMA

Trends in payor audits and disputes
This prerecorded webinar reviews trends in both Medicare reimbursement audits and commercial payor audits and provides actionable overall strategies for audit response. View the webinar here. View more resources here.

Telehealth immersion program webinar: Current telehealth trends and implications for the future
This presentation at 8 a.m. MT on March 31 will walk through results from the Telehealth Use Survey and highlight key findings including virtual visit volume, clinical applications, recognized value, benefits, and challenges. We will also cover key areas of opportunity to impact the future of telehealth. Register here.
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